Last updated on:
9/5/2013 |
Author: ProCon.org
David Tilman, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Regent's Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair in Ecology at the University of Minnesota at St. Paul
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Can Alternative Energy Effectively Replace Fossil Fuels?"
- Reasoning:
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“The world’s energy and climate problems are likely to be solved only by a combination of approaches and technologies, including wind and solar energy, increased energy efficiency, and renewable biofuels.”
Cowritten with J. Hill and C. Lehman, “Response to Comment on ‘Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Low-Input High-Diversity Grassland Biomass,” Science, June 15, 2007
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Regents Professor, University of Minnesota at St. Paul, 2002-present
- McKnight Presidential Chair in Ecology, University of Minnesota at St. Paul, 2001-present
- Director, Cedar Creek Natural History Area, 1992-present
- Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences
- Member, Editorial Board, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2002-2004
- Founding Editor, Issues in Ecology, 1994-2004
- Fellow, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 2001
- Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota at St. Paul, 1996-2001
- Senior Visiting Fellow, Princeton University, 2000
- Member, Institute for Advanced Study, 2000
- Member, Editorial Board, Science, 1996-1999
- Pew Scholar, Conservation Biology, 1995-1998
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1984-1985
- Professor, University of Minnesota at St. Paul, 1976-1996
- Education:
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- PhD, Zoology, University of Michigan, 1976
- BS, Zoology, University of Michigan, 1971
- Other:
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